Cloudflare
Senior Director, R&D HR Business Partnering
$304K–$380K
Hybrid +2 · Director · Full-time · Posted Aug 27, 2026
- Location
- Hybrid
Austin, TX, United States
San Francisco, CA, United States - Experience
- 15+ years of progressive HR experience, including 5+ years leading an HRBP team supporting technical R&D, Engineering, or Product orgs in high-growth environments.
- Visa sponsorship
- Offers may be conditioned on authorization to receive export-controlled software or technology without sponsorship for an export license.
About the job
Leads Cloudflare’s global R&D HR business partnering team, shaping talent strategy, organizational design, and change as technical teams adopt AI-assisted ways of working.
What you'll do
- Partner with R&D executives and People Team centers of excellence on talent strategy, organizational health, and integrated talent programs.
- Design AI-native R&D structures and evolve career frameworks, succession planning, and retention strategies.
- Lead global HRBPs and advise, coach, and support technical leaders through organizational change.
What they ask for
- 15+ years of progressive HR experience.
- 5+ years leading an HRBP team supporting technical R&D, Engineering, or Product organizations in high-growth environments.
- Expertise in business acumen, organizational design, talent portfolio management, and driving change.
- Demonstrated understanding of AI’s impact on technical workflows, human judgment, and executive-level partnership.
Pay
$304,000 - $380,000 USD base salary (San Francisco Bay area)
AI focus
Designs organizational structures and talent practices for AI-native workflows, and partners with engineering leaders as work shifts to AI-assisted, agent-driven engineering; evaluates where AI is appropriate versus where human judgment is essential.
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